japonica, Eviota Jewett [S. L.] & Lachner [E. A.] 1983:788, Figs. 3-4 [Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 96 (no. 4); ref. 5368] Kohamajima Island, Ryukyu Islands, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. Holotype: USNM 221758 [ex YCM-P 1420]. Paratypes: FMNH 94179 (19); USNM 221745 (26), 221748 (28), 221752 (6); YCM P-1459 (1), P-2615 (1), P-2841 (4). Type catalog: Ibarra & Stewart 1987:36 [ref. 12367], Shibata et al. 2011:19 [ref. 31469]. •Valid as Eviota japonica Jewett & Lachner 1983 -- (Nakabo 2000:1184 [ref. 25182], Nakabo 2002:1184 [ref. 26193], Greenfield & Suzuki 2011:66 [ref. 31244], Motomura et al. 2010:210 [ref. 31256], Shibata et al. 2011:19 [ref. 31469], Hoese & Stewart 2012:66 [ref. 32113], Tornabene et al. 2013:5 [ref. 32884], Greenfield et al. 2014:484 [ref. 33193], Suzuki & Greenfield 2014:35 [ref. 33412], Greenfield & Jewett 2016:76 [ref. 34495], Tornabene & Greenfield 2016:6 [ref. 34518], Greenfield & Winterbottom 2016:66 [ref. 35011], Greenfield 2017:34 [ref. 35705], Fujiwara et al. 2019:12 [ref. 37032], Parenti 2021:142 [ref. 38603], Greenfield et al. 2023:55 [ref. 40540]). Current status: Valid as Eviota japonica Jewett & Lachner 1983. Gobiidae: Gobiinae. Distribution: Northwestern Pacific: Taiwan north to southern Japan. Habitat: marine.